Female doctors are concentrated in lower-paying medical specialties
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich (2001), discussed in a "How do we know what we know?" box in your text, worked in entry-level jobs as a cleaning woman, waitress in Key West, and Wal-Mart "associate"
Please describe her experiences that were discussed in your text. What does she say about the Protestant work ethic—that if you work hard enough, you can make it in America? How did she compare the U.S. to other countries, in terms of low-wage work and benefits? What will be an ideal response?
Based on the study of sociologists Joe Feagin and Melvin Sykes, why are whites less likely to hire African Americans?
What will be an ideal response?
What do value conflict approaches focus on?
a. the values held by members of divergent groups b. the values held by members of Congress c. the values that help to avoid conflict d. the values that lead to reform
Group differences created by the social structure of society are referred to by sociologists as
A. social institutions. B. critical distance. C. Diversity. D. in-groups and out-groups.